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- From: mert0236@sable.ox.ac.uk (Thomas Womack)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.arch,comp.arch.embedded
- Subject: Re: C++ -> C compiler
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- Date: 7 Mar 1996 00:20:02 GMT
- Organization: Oxford University, England
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- Peter Mikalajunas (kd9fb@xnet.com) wrote:
- : Steve Lee <sjlee@iastate.edu> wrote:
-
- : >I've heard about a C++ -> C compiler (Cfront?). Does anyone have any
- : >information on this? I would like to be able to code in C++, compile it
- : >with one of these supposed compilers to C, and then use one of the
- : >variety of C compilers specifically for the 68HC11 microcontroller.
-
- : Cfront is the property of AT&T. You have to contact AT&T Bell Labs
- : if you want it. The person to ask for is Ed Cartier. Be prepared to
- : spent about $10,000 for it, plus royalties.
-
- Acorn Computers licensed CFront to avoid having to write their own C++
- compiler. Buying an Acorn computer and a copy of Acorn C v5 will provide
- you with CFront for << $10,000; it's possible to catch the C code before
- the C compiler attacks it. Though I doubt Acorn Computers has any
- presence at all outside the UK.
-
- OffTopic : does the ARM sequence count as a reasonable ultra-low-end
- to high-end set of processors. Ranges from an 8MHz chip released in 1987
- to the DEC StrongARM [200MHz, runs off 2 AA batteries]. Looks designed
- for embedded applications, though Acorn constantly built computers round
- them.
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